Wharton, William Dad: a Novel ISBN 13: 9781557042569

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John Tremont, a middle-aged man with a family, is summoned to his mother's bedside after she has suffered a heart attack. When he arrives, he finds her shaken but surviving; it is his father, left alone, who is unable to cope, who begins to fail, to slip away from life. Joined by his nineteen-year-old son, John suddenly becomes enmeshed in the frightening, consuming, endless minutiae of caring for a beloved, dying parent. He also finds himself inescapably confronting his own middle age, jammed between his son's feckless impatience to get on with his life and his father's heartbreaking willingness to let go. A story of the love that binds generations, Dad celebrates the universe of possibilities within every individual life.

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‘This is a great American novel’ Philadelphia Inquirer

William Wharton’s extraordinary novel is the story of a man and his father. It is also the story of the same man and his son. Through the boy Billy we learn of Jack the father; through Jack we learn of his own unforgettable Dad. Dad, who long ago handed over the running of his life to his domineering wife, starts an amazing transformation when she is hospitalised after a heart attack; he suddenly finds freedom once more, and with it his old true self, mischievous and strong.

Brilliantly capturing the relationship between sons and fathers with humour and poignancy, Dad is a story of the love that binds generations of fathers and sons.

‘William Wharton is quite exceptionally gifted’ John Fowles

'Brilliantly constructed, immediate and moving, funny and finally deeply cathartic' San Francisco Chronicle

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'Brilliantly constructed, immediate and moving, funny and finally deeply cathartic' San Francisco Chronicle (2001-07-30)

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  • PublisherNewmarket Press,U.S.
  • Publication date1996
  • ISBN 10 155704256X
  • ISBN 13 9781557042569
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages466
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